diff --git a/utils/brmake b/utils/brmake
index 4b9179e415..a4b9e7fa71 100755
--- a/utils/brmake
+++ b/utils/brmake
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ main() {
 
     start=${SECONDS}
 
-    ( exec 2>&1; make "${@}" ) \
-    > >( while read -r line; do
+    make "${@}" \
+    &> >( while read -r line; do
              printf "%(%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S)T %s\n" -1 "${line}"
          done \
          |tee -a br.log \